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English: Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's
Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon. "And lo! towards us coming in a boat / An old man, hoary with the hair of eld, / Crying: 'Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!'" (Longfellow's translation) "And, lo! toward us in a bark / Comes an old man, hoary white with eld, / Crying "Woe to you, wicked spirits!" (
Cary's translation)
Français : Illustration par Gustave Doré de l'enfer de Dante (
La Divine Comédie). Planche IX, Chant III : L'arrivée de Caron. «Là, je vis s'avancer vers nous, dans un esquif, / Un vieillard aux cheveux aussi blancs que la neige, / Qui criait « "Gare à vous, pervers esprits damnés !" ».
Date
Originally 1857
Source/Photographer
[From the Title Page:]
Dante's Inferno
translated by
The Rev.
Henry Francis Cary, MA
from the original of
Dante Alighieri
and illustrated with the designs of
M. Gustave Doré
New Edition
With Critical and Explanatory notes, Life of Dante, and Chronology
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
New York, London and Paris
The book was printed c. 1890 in America.
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English: Gustave Doré's illustration to
Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon. "And lo! towards us coming in a boat / An old man, hoary with the hair of eld, / Crying: 'Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!'" (Longfellow's translation) "And, lo! toward us in a bark / Comes an old man, hoary white with eld, / Crying "Woe to you, wicked spirits!"
Other languages:
Čeština: Ilustrace
DantovaPekla od francouzského malíře
Gustava Dorého. Zpěv III., příjezd
Charónův: Mé oko, z proudu kterak loď se zvedá, v ní stařec stál, vlas zbělelo mu stáří, i vzkřikl na nás: „Hříšné duše, běda!“ (překlad
Jaroslav Vrchlický)
English: Gustave Doré's illustration to
Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon. "And lo! towards us coming in a boat / An old man, hoary with the hair of eld, / Crying: 'Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!'" (Longfellow's translation) "And, lo! toward us in a bark / Comes an old man, hoary white with eld, / Crying "Woe to you, wicked spirits!"
Español: Ilustración de
Gustave Doré para el Inferno de
Dante. Placa IX: Canto III: Llegada de Caronte. «Y entonces fue cuando a nosotros vi venir / en barco un blanco viejo por antiguo pelo / gritando: ¡Ay de vosotras, almas perversas!»
Français : Illustration par Gustave Doré de l’Enfer de Dante (La Divine Comédie). Planche IX, Chant III : L'arrivée de Charon. « Là, je vis s'avancer vers nous, dans un esquif, / Un vieillard aux cheveux aussi blancs que la neige, / Qui criait “Gare à vous, pervers esprits damnés !” ».
Italiano: Illustrazione di
Gustave Doré per la
Divina Commedia. L'incisione, a commento del
canto terzo dell'Inferno vv. 82-84, rappresenta l'arrivo di
Caronte: « Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave \ un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo, \ gridando: "Guai a voi, anime prave!" ».
Nederlands: Illustratie van
Gustave Doré (1857) voor Dante's Inferno (eerste deel van De goddelijke komedie). Plaat IX: Canto III: Aankomst van
Charon. Het onderschrift luidt (vertaald): 'En daar! naar ons komend in een boot. Een oude man met haren zo wit als sneeuw, Die uitroept "Wee jullie, verdoemde zielen"'
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